Ecuadorian police learned that “Pipo” Chavarria was not dead. His death report signed by the doctor was forged, and he was buried by his family in a theater. They were sure that this drug smuggler was considered one of the most smugglers … Not only were important members of South America alive, but he directed and spread the influence of the Los Lobos cartel throughout Europe as a supplier of cocaine. On November 16, his profile tested positive. He was He was arrested by the Udyco station of the National Police In Malaga when he arrived from a trip to Morocco with a fake passport. Danilo Fernandez de Marcaibo (Venezuela) was the alias of this drug trafficker in what is now known as his The second resurrection After faking his death.
Ecuadorian authorities reported the death of Wilmer Chavarria Barry, nicknamed “Bebo” and leader of Los Lobos, in Prison massacreIt happened in Torre (Cuenca) on February 23, 2021. According to the victims’ report, he was killed along with 33 other prisoners. The war between the Mexican cartels of Sinaloa (Chapo Guzmán) and Jalisco Nueva Generation reached Ecuador. During these massacres between rival gangs in the prisons, there were 119 deaths, divided between Los Choneros, who were Sinaloa’s partners, and Los Lobos with their allies, who defended the positions of Jalisco Nueva Generation.
In one of them, one of the bodies was identified as “Bibo” by his footprints. However, the Ecuadorian government had a death certificate registered in its databases stating that Chavarria had died from it Covid-influenced heart attack (Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas). About 400 kilometers from the prison. Nothing suitable. The wiretapping case came in the Borja case, in which government officials were investigated for corruption and cooperation in drug trafficking.
“Norero takes him out of the torii, and pretends he’s dead. He changed a dead man’s fingerprints He sent him and the dead man’s papers to Europe», revealed the hearing of one of the accused, which was published by the Ecuadorian newspaper “El Universo” after it was declassified by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Until his murder, Leandro “El Patron” Norero was considered Ecuador’s biggest drug trafficker. After his death, the main target became “Pipo” Chavarria, whose escape from the country was reported in a secret report from 2022, after he learned that the death certificate was fake, as well as the account of his killing in one of the prison massacres in 2021. Captured the highest value target. Today the mafia is retreating. “Today Ecuador wins,” President Daniel Noboa declared after the “Wolf” was arrested in Malaga a week ago and awaiting extradition.
Up to that point, “Bebo” had become a rumor spread throughout Europe. Dead, but alive. He even changed his face. According to the Ecuadorian authorities, up to seven surgeries were performed on his face to modify his features and remove his identity. It was a shadow. Someone else.
However, Borja’s case confirms that he continues to direct Los Lobos through his lieutenant, “Captain” Pico, who carried out orders to sow terror against the Ecuadorian government, as well as assassinate rivals to control the drug trade. And in the middle of the chase there A new version of his death in 2024when it had already been declared a “military target” by the Ecuadorian government.
The trafficker’s family even said in March of that year that he had done so He was killed in a shooting. The Ecuadorian government knew it was a lie and put it right in Spain. Ecuadorian Interior Minister John Remberg traveled to attend the arrest.
The minister confirmed after the arrest that after faking his death, he obtained a new identity in Venezuela with which he registered and obtained a new passport in Colombia. He became Danilo Fernandez. This fake passport opens a case in Spain for forgery of documents. A simple crime for everything his country’s authorities accuse him of.
Plaque marking the province of Los Lobos in Ecuador
In this way, Ecuador confirmed that he traveled to Spain in 2022 to avoid arrest and expand business. He did not want to go back to prison and Los Lobos’ plans were to open the market as suppliers in Europe. “A ran A large-scale drug smuggling scheme He is a criminal in the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Mexico and Colombia, and has direct links to the Nueva Generación Ecuador (CNGE) gang and alliances with Mexican, Colombian and European gangs.”
According to Reimberg, the detainee has an important list of crimes in his country, such as intellectual theft with murder, drug trafficking, crimes against life, theft, or injuries. “Chavarria Barry Ho Responsible for the deaths of at least 400 people “For years he ran criminal operations from Litoral Prison and Torre Prison, where he was detained between 2011 and 2019,” the minister said after the trafficker’s arrest.
The police chief, Pablo Vinicio Davila, who also traveled to Spain to attend the arrest of this leader, added that he is linked to monitoring drug trafficking routes with the Jalisco Nueva Generation cartel, which is considered one of the most dangerous gangs in Mexico, in addition to illegal mining operations, serious criminal acts and the placement of car bombs.
“Chavarria Barry is responsible for at least 400 deaths.”
John Remberg
Minister of the Interior of Ecuador
The Los Lobos cartel is one of the major cartels in Ecuador. According to the specialized organized crime portal Insight Crime, Los Lobos emerged as a splinter of Los Choneros and has more than 8,000 members. The group is at the head of a union of small gangs such as the Tiguerones and Chone Killers. At the same time, they are considered terrorist organizations along with 22 other gangs by the government of Daniel Noboa, which also classified them as terrorist organizations. “Internal Conflict” Decree of 2024After a group of armed men interrupted TC Televisión’s programs.
Thus was the president’s response to the escalation of violence that leads groups like Los Lobos to commit crimes such as brutal prison massacres, normalize murderers, use car bombs, and launch widespread attacks against the police and the government. Display of bodies hanging from bridges Such as the mafia’s messages to other organizations and to the government itself.
Therefore, in the event of persecution of this type of “target” by the authorities, the fight is entrusted directly to the army. The “Internal Armed Conflict” decree allowed the intervention of the armed forces and the national police.Ensuring sovereignty and territorial integrity Against transnational organized crime